Columbia's Sewing-Machine Product:Canvas showing work in progress during

showing work in progress during the execution of the new bridge

000 tons of gravel and cement were brought in and cast to make the race track

Newington Green

Gower Street

South Bank

Columbia's Sewing-Machine Product:Canvas showing work in progress during'Columbia's Sewing Machine', 1864. Britannia says: Ah, my dear Columbia, it's all very well; But you'll find it difficult to join that neatly. The American Civil War was nowhere near a conclusion and the two sides were as bitterly opposed as ever. Here, a matronly Mrs Britannia looks at a girlish Columbia who sits holding a map representing the torn and divided States of America. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 1, 1864.